Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and equities are challenging new highs almost daily. Traders and investors are looking for stocks to buy and for ideas on which stocks to sell.…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. is tracking the highly unusual volume increases in shares today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all-time high today, but the volume on these news bits…
ThinkstockRadian Group Inc. (NYSE: RDN) has been on fire and shares are ticking up yet again on Tuesday. It has risen for eight consecutive trading days, and if Tuesday’s preliminary gains can hold…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Access Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: ACMP) reiterated Outperform but on Focus List at…
Flickr, Images of MoneyThe resolution for the fiscal cliff remains elusive. The politicians hate each other too much to be rational. If one sector has a lot to lose as the country…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with possible changes in the U.S., China will replace its leadership at its…
The stock market is mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.05%, the Nasdaq up 0.31% and the S&P 500 flat. Today’s winners include a company undergoing a leadership change and…
247sam The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning even though China’s central bank lowered interest rates (our coverage here), the Bank of England boosted its asset purchase program and the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday. Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) Cut to Market Perform at Wells Fargo…
If you read Barron’s each weekend, you might think that mortgage insurers are about to die off. Actually, it would be those which are left standing to die off. Mortgage insurance is…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of the…
The world of mortgage insurers is not looking too hot after MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) gave its earnings report this morning. The largest insurer for conventional mortgages reported a loss of…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) may have more exposure than the rest of the money center banks due to its acquisition of Countrywide, and the spate of news about disclosure documents…
MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) managed the ultimate surprise… it made money after almost 3 straight years of quarterly losses. The private mortgage insurance company reported a second quarter profit of $24.6…
Calling for pre-market most actives on a day after what happened Thursday is not the easiest task. Still, there are many movers from the likes of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), American…
